forgo
English
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/, /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/
verb
Definitions
- To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
- To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
- To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forgon (pass up, go by) inherited from Old English forgān (forgo, go away) pre from English go.
Origin
English
go
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atgo English
- bego English
- forego English
- forgoable English
- forgoer English
- forgoest English
- forgoeth English
- forthgo English
- get-go English
- git-go English
- go English
- go at it English
- go forth English
- go pedal English
- go-cart English
- go-devil English
- go-to English
- goand English
- goback English
- goer English
- goest English
- goeth English
- goey English
- gofer English
- going English
- ingo English
- misgo English
- ongo English
- outgo English
- overgo English
- snowgo English
- thoroughgo English
- togo English
- umbego English
- undergo English
- unforgoable English
- withgo English
- förgänglig Swedish
- förgå Swedish
- gå Swedish
- ゴー Japanese
- forgān Old English
- forgon Middle English
- gon Middle English
- go Tok Pisin
- go Sranan Tongo
- go Pijin
- gokabaut Samoan Plantation Pidgin